Chainlink Launches CCIP 2.0 to Maximize the Utility and Reach of Institutional Digital Assets Across Blockchains

Now live, CCIP 2.0 enables institutions to distribute tokenized assets across chains without rearchitecting their existing tech stack, launching with partners and industry supporters that include: AllUnity, Amazon Web Services, ANZ Bank, Archax, Bottomline, Deutsche Börse Group's Crypto Finance, Fidelity International, Further Asset Management, Goldzip by the Hong Kong Gold Exchange, Google Cloud, Hastra by Figure, Infosys, Nethermind, SBI Digital Markets, Sygnum, Taurus, TokenX by SCBX, and xStocks.

MIAMI, Sept. 28. 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Chainlink today launched CCIP 2.0, the next generation of its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP). With this launch, institutions now have a neutral interoperability layer to distribute digital assets across blockchains, unlocking real-world utility while maintaining rigorous security, compliance, and speed requirements.

Global finance is entering a new phase, where blockchain technology is becoming core financial market infrastructure, while regulatory developments across the United States and Europe give institutions a clearer foundation for launching commercial products. As a result, assets ranging from equities and funds to commodities and currencies are increasingly being issued and managed onchain.

However, today's onchain markets are spread across a mix of public and private blockchains. This fragmentation limits distribution, making it harder for institutions to move assets and liquidity between markets. Solving this problem is not straightforward, as building connections in-house to each chain is expensive and time-consuming, while using infrastructure owned by a competitor creates unwanted dependencies. Moreover, many legacy bridging solutions have poor security track records, with billions lost to date. What the market needs is a neutral interoperability standard that institutions can use to connect across chains and jurisdictions with confidence; that gap is now filled by CCIP 2.0.

Chainlink has spent years powering the decentralized oracle infrastructure that already secures tens of trillions of dollars in transaction value and has achieved ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certification. CCIP 2.0 extends the same security foundation and credibly neutral design to cross-chain infrastructure.

With CCIP 2.0, institutions can connect across all relevant blockchains through a single integration, configure their security, compliance, and risk control frameworks on top, and carry that configuration forward as they expand without rebuilding for each new chain. CCIP remains independent of the institutions, asset issuers, and protocols that use it to transact, establishing trust among counterparties and driving network effects that accelerate with adoption.

The CCIP 2.0 upgrade launches with several new capabilities:

• User attestations: Participate in your cross-chain transactions by operating your own Cross-Chain Verifier (CCV), adding a verification step that must be completed before CCIP can execute it. CCVs can run on your preferred cloud platform, with pre-built starter kits available for Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud.
• Additive security: Layer additional independent verification on top of CCIP's institutional-grade infrastructure using CCVs operated by you or third-party enterprise providers, such as Infosys and Nethermind.
• Built-in compliance functionality: Enforce KYC, AML, sanctions screening, and more for every transaction automatically to enable compliance with internal risk and regulatory requirements.
• Configurable speed: Choose your finality speed to support near-instant transfers or to maximize security by waiting for full finality and custom approvals.
• Full lifecycle management: Access the broader Chainlink platform for trusted data, system integration, privacy protocols, and agentic workflows to unlock the full transaction lifecycle.

CCIP is already the most value-securing cross-chain solution in the industry, with over $84 billion in total cross-chain token value. The growing ecosystem around the CCIP standard includes major blockchains (Ethereum, Base, Robinhood Chain), the largest DeFi protocols (Aave, Lido, Maple), top asset issuers and custodians (AllUnity, BitGo, Coinbase, Crypto Finance, Taurus, xStocks), governments (the State of Wyoming's official stable token FRNT), and major financial institutions (21X, ANZ Bank, Fidelity International, SBI Digital Markets, Swift, Sygnum), among many others, placing CCIP firmly at the center of the convergence between DeFi and traditional finance.

"Institutions need a neutral standard for moving digital assets across chains. Historically, legacy bridges have lost billions due to insecure infrastructure, while in-house builds are slow and expensive and institutions' proprietary networks can't earn the trust of their peers. CCIP solves this challenge by providing a shared, ISO 27001- and SOC 2 Type 2-certified infrastructure that has already enabled tens of trillions of dollars in transaction value for the world's largest financial institutions and DeFi protocols. No other solution combines a strong security track record and support for institutional risk controls with proven adoption and credible neutrality that every institution can trust." — Johann Eid, Chief Business Officer, Chainlink Labs

21X
"21X brings regulated trading and settlement of tokenized securities directly on-chain. As an open multi-chain platform, interoperability is the key that unlocks institutional adoption of RWAs at scale. With CCIP 2.0, those institutions will gain greater control over the security and compliance of cross-chain transactions." — Max J. Heinzle, CEO and founder, 21X Group

AllUnity
"At AllUnity, we believe stablecoins can serve as critical infrastructure for onchain finance, and secure, compliant cross-chain connectivity is essential to realizing that potential. By enabling institutions to move digital assets across different blockchains through a trusted interoperability layer, CCIP 2.0 can help unlock broader distribution, deeper liquidity, and greater utility for the next generation of digital financial products." — Alexander Höptner, CEO, AllUnity

Amazon Web Services
"Institutional capital won't move across chains at scale without infrastructure it can verify and trust. By enabling institutions to spin up their own Cross-Chain Verifiers directly on Amazon Web Services, we provide them with another layer of assurance on top of Chainlink's cross-chain infrastructure, right within the environment where they already operate." — Jane Ginsburg, AWS, GTM Head for Capital Markets and Fintech

ANZ Bank
"Banks require robust risk management and controls to scale tokenized asset settlement use cases, and together with Chainlink we've demonstrated secure cross-chain, cross-border settlement of tokenized assets. Using CCIP 2.0's enhanced verification and approval capabilities, we're able to expand across networks and markets with greater confidence, control, and scalability." — Nigel Dobson, Executive General Manager, Payments Services

Archax
"For a regulated asset, compliance dictates that regulatory requirements follow that asset regardless of the chain it sits on. Our clients' tokenised assets are already live across multiple blockchain networks, and the protections that apply to them – such as eligibility, sanctions screening and exposure limits – can't stop at the edge of any one of them. CCIP 2.0 lets issuers define those rules once and enforce them wherever the asset moves, which is what institutions need before they operate on-chain at scale." — Graham Rodford, CEO and Co-founder of Archax.

Bottomline
"The future of payments depends on seamless interoperability across traditional and digital asset networks. Through our collaboration with Chainlink, Global Pay Connect provides financial institutions with a secure and scalable path to connect existing payment infrastructure with emerging blockchain-based networks. Together, we are helping banks unlock new payment models and accelerate the adoption of digital assets without adding complexity to their operations. CCIP 2.0 provides the standards that banks require to move with confidence." — Natasha Lapierre, Global Head of Product Strategy & Innovation, Financial Messaging

Deutsche Börse Group's Crypto Finance
"Custody is increasingly table stakes. The value we're focused on now is settlement, collateral mobility and capital efficiency for institutional digital assets, and that only works if it's connected across the networks our clients actually use. CCIP 2.0 is a meaningful step toward that kind of neutral, institutional-grade connectivity, and one we're glad to support as it scales." — Philipp E. Dettwiler, Group Head Strategic Partnerships, Crypto Finance Group

Fidelity International
"Tokenised markets can only scale as quickly as the infrastructure supporting them. Chainlink bringing fund NAV data on-chain is an important component of our tokenised liquidity solution. CCIP 2.0 has the potential to support broader cross-chain distribution, helping extend access to new markets and sources of liquidity." — Emma Pecenicic, Head of Digital Assets Distribution, Fidelity International

Further Asset Management
"Institutional adoption of digital assets depends on infrastructure that combines connectivity with defense-in-depth security. Further intends to partner with Chainlink to advance the security of infrastructure for institutions transacting on chain." — Faisal Al Hammadi, Managing Partner, Further Asset Management

Infosys
"A key theme we hear from stakeholders is that security and assurance must be addressed in a way that fits into existing operations and controls. CCIP 2.0 provides an independent verification model designed to support trusted interoperability across blockchain networks while aligning to those requirements. We're excited to be working with Chainlink to help organizations assess, deploy, and operate CCV infrastructure as they expand across blockchain networks." — Bill McCahey, Managing Director, Digital Assets, Infosys

SBI Digital Markets
"The next phase of tokenization is about moving to scalable market infrastructure. Our work with Chainlink has progressed from demonstrating automated tokenized fund operations to adopting Chainlink across our platform, and CCIP 2.0 provides the secure and compliant interoperability needed to connect those assets across markets and jurisdictions." — CK Ong, Acting CEO, SBI Digital Markets

Sygnum
"Tokenization is entering its next phase – moving beyond issuance towards broader distribution and real-world utility. Secure interoperability across blockchain networks will be a critical enabler of that transition. At Sygnum, we see CCIP 2.0 as a promising infrastructure layer to support trusted and scalable distribution of tokenized assets across an increasingly interconnected digital asset ecosystem." — Fatmire Bekiri, Head of Tokenization, Sygnum Bank

Taurus
"Chainlink CCIP is a key standard for how digital assets are managed and distributed across global markets, enabling assets to move seamlessly between blockchains while maintaining institutional security, compliance, and operational controls." — Lamine Brahimi, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Taurus

CCIP 2.0 is available to institutions and developers today. For a more detailed breakdown, read the blog.

About Chainlink
Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and the market leader powering the majority of DeFi. The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, lending, payments, stablecoins, and more. Since inventing decentralized oracle networks, Chainlink has enabled tens of trillions in transaction value and now secures the vast majority of DeFi.

Many of the world's largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink's standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, S&P Dow Jones Indices, FTSE Russell, WisdomTree, ANZ, and top protocols such as Aave, Polymarket, Lido, Lighter, and many others. Chainlink leverages a novel fee model where offchain and onchain revenue from enterprise adoption is converted to LINK tokens and stored in a strategic Chainlink Reserve. Learn more at chain.link.

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